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”Stop it, Eddra!”

The boy, with only a shout of his name behind his ear, made him flinched and slowly looked back. The voice belonged to none other than his younger brother who stormed in before the situation could get any worse, and stood between them immediately without fear.

”Mister, I am sorry for my older brother's immaturity... Please, pay no attention to this boy.” He bowed in front of the man.

Even so, seeing his brother pleading for the man's forgiveness, Eddra had no intention of backing out. He simply held his funny posture and stared up intently through his enemy who was dragging him away from the dock earlier.

However, within a minute of surveying the boys, the man expressed his annoyance with a click of his tongue. ”Consider yourself lucky since I am here to buy fishes, shrimp,” he spat, shifting his body then turning his back to them as he started walking away

Watching him as he went back to the crowd, Eddra attempted to step forward and use this chance to attack him for the second time while he was not facing him. By doing so, images of him betting the man flashed to his mind. It was just a matter of time.

Yet, as if his brother knew his thoughts, he intercepted him with a clip around his ear.

”Ow,” he cried out, holding the side of his head with both hands from the sudden sharp pain. ”Hey, why did you do that?” Eddra mumbled behind his breath while tears formed in his eyes.

”Do what? Saving you from your death or hitting you on your ear?”

”Hm... Both?” While he was rubbing his tingling ear where he was clipped, he felt another striking pain on his other ear. ”Ow! What do you want, bro?”

Getting a stronghold on his arm, his brother pulled him as they started adding distance from the crowd. ”We are waiting for you back home! Mother won't even let us eat without you! I am starving already, brother!”

”...” Eddra felt a sweat dripping on his forehead, refusing to speak, he let his brother dragged him back to their home.

”Why do you always bother waiting there at the dock every morning anyway?”

”... 'Cause someone's telling me.”